There Have Been 10 Black Senators Since Emancipation
Elected 150 years ago, Hiram Revels was the first. A few days ago, 300 people gathered in the Old State Capitol in Jackson, Miss., to celebrate the 150th anniversary of…
Morehouse College Makes History As The First HBCU To Have A Polo Team
Morehouse College just became the first Historically Black College & University (HBCU) to have a polo team. The Morehouse Polo Club was started in 2019 by students Rian Toussaint, Justin…
Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Niece on Her Uncle’s Legacy and Making Her Modeling Debut
Jean-Michel Basquiat had a singular sense of style, and Lisane confirms that he loved fashion. This season, Coach creative director Stuart Vevers yet again drew inspiration from the 1980s. While…
The Rosewood Massacre: How a lie destroyed a black town
From the bruises on her body, it was clear Fannie Taylor had been beaten. The story she told to explain them away destroyed an all-black town in Florida and got…
They Came Before Tiger Woods: Wake-Robin Golf Club, Inc
For Black History Month, WOL News Talk 1450 AM, WYCB My Spirit 1340 and Praise 104.1 will be taking a look at golfers who came before Tiger Woods and the…
After 65 Years, the First African-American-owned Travel Agency Continues to Provide Travelers With Unique Experiences
The agency planned Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s trip to Oslo when he received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. Before the current boom of black travel nomads and influencers,…
Mariya Russell Is The First Black Woman To Earn A Michelin Star
Russell she says she’s baffled by how long it’s taken for a Black woman to break through barriers. Chicago is one of the toughest towns in the whole country. And…
Escape Route | Lapham’s Quarterly
How cars changed the lives of black Americans. Between the 1920s and the 1960s, automobile ownership changed African American life. You could not be asked to move to the back…
How Jacob Lawrence Captured the African American Experience With ‘The Migration Series’
New York City has always attracted avant-garde artists. From the energetic Abstract Expressionists to the pioneers of American Pop Art, forward-thinking creatives have flocked to the city that never sleeps…
Henry Louis Gates Jr. on what really happened at Obama’s ‘beer summit.’
Henry Louis Gates Jr. is one of a handful of academics who have crossed over into something approaching true celebrity. Which is apparently what happens when you’ve written and edited…